Session leader: Ana Marques, CITCEM (People, Markets and Policies), Science ID 9513-7AF8-7BA4

Title/General theme of the session: Finance and accounting in 14th-17th century Europe

Session Summary: The purpose of this workshop is to explore different levels and dimensions of public finance in late-medieval Europe, extending the analysis to the 17th century. Three complementary lines of research will be addressed: the financing of the Portuguese Crown, international economic networks and relations, and the impact of historical conflicts on the structure and evolution of state finances.

The approach will be based on the analysis of primary documentation, with particular attention to how these sources allow us to reconstruct financing practices, the circulation of capital and the transformation of tax structures. The aim is to promote a dynamic and grounded reflection on the agents, instruments and contexts that shaped medieval financial development.

Name of the speakers and their paper titles:

Ana Marques, FLUP (Science ID 9513-7AF8-7BA4) – Necessary partners? The Role of the Jews in Alfonso V’s Finances

Ana Clarinda Cardoso, CHAM, CITCEM (Science ID 8910-BFF3-C699) – A financial instrument for the study of international economic relations: bills of exchange

António Castro Henriques, U.Lisboa (ORCID 0000-0003-2796-374X) – Was There a Ratchet Effect in Early Fiscal Systems? Europe, 1369-1668

Moderators-commentators of the session:

Proposed by the applicant:

Lisbeth Rodrigues, FLUP (Science ID 6915-36F1-79DB)

Appointed by the CITCEM Executive Committee:

Maria Amélia Álvaro de Campos, Faculty of Arts and Humanities – U.Coimbra (Science ID E317-F872-2CA6)

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